Handbook of Progressive Politics
Published on 25. March 2025
Book
Hardback
518 pages
978-1-80088-063-4 (ISBN)
Description
In this engaging Handbook, Alice Mattoni brings together an international team of scholars to provide a multifaceted exploration of progressive politics. Contributing authors expertly discuss progressive politics within contemporary global debates, addressing contentious issues and acknowledging the impact of technological advances on the political landscape.
This Handbook identifies issues central to the progressive agenda, such as climate change, migration, and international conflict, while considering progressive politics in relation to digitalization and datafication. Authors illustrate the tensions within progressive politics, examining the roles of different political and non-political actors, such as social movement organizations. It demonstrates how the interactions and disagreements of these actors reshape the idea of what progressive politics has been, is, and will become in the near future.
This is a compelling resource for scholars of political science, political sociology, social movements and civil society. This Handbook's interdisciplinary approach also makes it valuable to scholars across media and communication studies, gender politics, and environmental studies who are interested in how their disciplines intersect with progressive politics.
This Handbook identifies issues central to the progressive agenda, such as climate change, migration, and international conflict, while considering progressive politics in relation to digitalization and datafication. Authors illustrate the tensions within progressive politics, examining the roles of different political and non-political actors, such as social movement organizations. It demonstrates how the interactions and disagreements of these actors reshape the idea of what progressive politics has been, is, and will become in the near future.
This is a compelling resource for scholars of political science, political sociology, social movements and civil society. This Handbook's interdisciplinary approach also makes it valuable to scholars across media and communication studies, gender politics, and environmental studies who are interested in how their disciplines intersect with progressive politics.
Reviews / Votes
'What is truly progressive politics in a given time and place? This well-conceived Handbook asks a bold but brilliant question - and delivers on it. Taking global and historical settings seriously, it offers a complex perspective that is fit for our time.' -- Alexandra Segerberg, Uppsala University, Sweden 'An essential collection that illuminates the complexities of progressive politics by exploring diverse actors, from traditional political parties to religious organizations and the financial sector. By linking historical contexts to contemporary challenges, this volume provides fresh insights into the contentious issues shaping today's global progressive movements.' -- Deana A. Rohlinger, Florida State University, US 'This volume is a must-read resource for scholars and activists interested in contemporary progressive politics in a historical context. Excellent chapters by a wide range of scholars examine progressive politics around the world, key actors such as political parties and unions, numerous issues such as racism and climate change, and new developments such as digitalization.' -- Suzanne Staggenborg, University of Pittsburgh, USMore details
Series
Language
English
Place of publication
Cheltenham
United Kingdom
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 244 mm
Width: 169 mm
ISBN-13
978-1-80088-063-4 (9781800880634)
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Schweitzer Classification
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Edited by Alice Mattoni, Associate Professor, Department of Political and Social Sciences, University of Bologna, Italy
Content
Contents
1 Contexts, actors, and contentious issues in progressive politics 1
Alice Mattoni
PART I CONTEXTS OF PROGRESSIVE POLITICS
2 Complicating the 'progressive tradition' in British politics 21
Emily Robinson
3 Memory in progressive politics: how the Commune was recollected in Nuit
Debout 34
Ann Rigney
4 Progressive politics in Latin America: shifting waves and relations
between political and social collective actors 52
German Bidegain and Victor Tricot
5 Progressive politics in Central and Eastern Europe 70
Julia Rone and Ivaylo Dinev
6 Progressive politics in the Middle East and North Africa: 92
Ester Sigillo
7 Progressive politics in polarized political landscapes 105
Priska Daphi and Maria del Carmen Mayer
PART II ACTORS IN PROGRESSIVE POLITICS
8 Progressive parties in contemporary Western Europe: a relational account 124
Daniela R. Piccio
9 The rise of movement parties and their implications for progressive politics 148
Lorenzo Mosca and Fred Paxton
10 Organising marginalised workers: unions' contribution to democracy and
progressive politics 165
Elisa Pannini
11 God's plans for the future: religious feminisms, digital activism and
progressive politics 181
Alberta Giorgi
12 Shareholder activism and progressive politics: the case of Climate Action
100+
Climate Action 100+: An investor movement coalition 199
Giovanna Michelon and Michelle Rodrigue
13 Expertise, collective action and critique: when expertise meets
emancipatory politics 222
Riccardo Emilio Chesta
PART III CONTENTIOUS ISSUES IN PROGRESSIVE POLITICS
14 The right to the city and inclusive urban development: pursuing radical
change through the state 240
Michele Grigolo
15 Historicizing antiracist and BLM visibility struggles for citizenship 258
Noa Milman and Nicole Doerr
16 Feminist movements and progressive politics 274
Giada Bonu Rosenkranz
17 Activists, intellectuals, and social movements: Universal Basic Income as a
radical innovation 289
Cesar Guzman-Concha
18 Paradigms of LGBTIQ+ equality policies in Europe: insights from the
Italian case 303
Massimo Prearo
19 Environmental issues, climate change, and progressive politics 319
Mark CJ Stoddart, Myanna Lahsen, Tuomas Ylae-Anttila and Pradip Swarnakar
20 Progressive politics? The European climate movement and Black Lives
Matter 341
Nina Hall, Charles Lawrie and Sahar Priano
21 Contesting borders in the 'age of migration': progressive border activism in
the US and Europe 363
Elias Steinhilper, Chris Zepeda-Millan and Moritz Sommer
22 Progressive at home and regressive abroad: when liberal social movements
confront mass atrocity with calls for military force 378
Alexandra Cosima Budabin
PART IV DIGITALIZATION, DATAFICATION AND PROGRESSIVE POLITICS
23 Young people, digital and social media, and progressive politics 395
Elena Pavan and Jennifer Earl
24 Digital platforms and progressive politics 414
Marco Deseriis
25 Bots in progressive politics: the cases of #blacklivesmatter and #metoo 429
Simon Lindgren
26 "Hated speech": the communicative dimension of progressive politics and
(un)democracy in India 440
Preeti Raghunath
27 A progressive agenda: a view on data sovereignty 454
Miren Gutierrez and Miren Berasategi Zeberio
28 Algorithmic resistance in Europe and the question of collective agency 472
Antje Scharenberg and Veronica Barassi
1 Contexts, actors, and contentious issues in progressive politics 1
Alice Mattoni
PART I CONTEXTS OF PROGRESSIVE POLITICS
2 Complicating the 'progressive tradition' in British politics 21
Emily Robinson
3 Memory in progressive politics: how the Commune was recollected in Nuit
Debout 34
Ann Rigney
4 Progressive politics in Latin America: shifting waves and relations
between political and social collective actors 52
German Bidegain and Victor Tricot
5 Progressive politics in Central and Eastern Europe 70
Julia Rone and Ivaylo Dinev
6 Progressive politics in the Middle East and North Africa: 92
Ester Sigillo
7 Progressive politics in polarized political landscapes 105
Priska Daphi and Maria del Carmen Mayer
PART II ACTORS IN PROGRESSIVE POLITICS
8 Progressive parties in contemporary Western Europe: a relational account 124
Daniela R. Piccio
9 The rise of movement parties and their implications for progressive politics 148
Lorenzo Mosca and Fred Paxton
10 Organising marginalised workers: unions' contribution to democracy and
progressive politics 165
Elisa Pannini
11 God's plans for the future: religious feminisms, digital activism and
progressive politics 181
Alberta Giorgi
12 Shareholder activism and progressive politics: the case of Climate Action
100+
Climate Action 100+: An investor movement coalition 199
Giovanna Michelon and Michelle Rodrigue
13 Expertise, collective action and critique: when expertise meets
emancipatory politics 222
Riccardo Emilio Chesta
PART III CONTENTIOUS ISSUES IN PROGRESSIVE POLITICS
14 The right to the city and inclusive urban development: pursuing radical
change through the state 240
Michele Grigolo
15 Historicizing antiracist and BLM visibility struggles for citizenship 258
Noa Milman and Nicole Doerr
16 Feminist movements and progressive politics 274
Giada Bonu Rosenkranz
17 Activists, intellectuals, and social movements: Universal Basic Income as a
radical innovation 289
Cesar Guzman-Concha
18 Paradigms of LGBTIQ+ equality policies in Europe: insights from the
Italian case 303
Massimo Prearo
19 Environmental issues, climate change, and progressive politics 319
Mark CJ Stoddart, Myanna Lahsen, Tuomas Ylae-Anttila and Pradip Swarnakar
20 Progressive politics? The European climate movement and Black Lives
Matter 341
Nina Hall, Charles Lawrie and Sahar Priano
21 Contesting borders in the 'age of migration': progressive border activism in
the US and Europe 363
Elias Steinhilper, Chris Zepeda-Millan and Moritz Sommer
22 Progressive at home and regressive abroad: when liberal social movements
confront mass atrocity with calls for military force 378
Alexandra Cosima Budabin
PART IV DIGITALIZATION, DATAFICATION AND PROGRESSIVE POLITICS
23 Young people, digital and social media, and progressive politics 395
Elena Pavan and Jennifer Earl
24 Digital platforms and progressive politics 414
Marco Deseriis
25 Bots in progressive politics: the cases of #blacklivesmatter and #metoo 429
Simon Lindgren
26 "Hated speech": the communicative dimension of progressive politics and
(un)democracy in India 440
Preeti Raghunath
27 A progressive agenda: a view on data sovereignty 454
Miren Gutierrez and Miren Berasategi Zeberio
28 Algorithmic resistance in Europe and the question of collective agency 472
Antje Scharenberg and Veronica Barassi